According to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, North Korea’s defense minister, No Kwang-chol, was replaced in recent days, with the decision being made at the ninth WPK Central Military Commission. No, who will be replaced by now former Director of the North Korean People’s Army Political Bureau Kim Song-gi, in what is seemingly a lateral promotion, will be appointed as the first vice-director of the Munitions Industry Department of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee.